Wine etiquette in history: Connoisseurship, moderation, and faux pas
From Ancient Greek and medieval strictures on serving sizes, to modern anxieties about serving temperature, Stuart Walton negotiates the elaborate…
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Wine in history: Wine glasses (and other receptacles)
Stuart Walton on the long history of drinking vessels, from gourds to the changing fashions of modern wine glasses. In…
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Wine in history: Tales of adulteration and fraud
From the inventive witches’ brews of 18th-century fortified wine shippers, to the elaborate homespun fakes of Rudy Kurniawan, Stuart Walton…
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Wine in history: Christmas mulling and mixing
In his latest reflection on the cultural history of wine, Stuart Walton looks at the various ways that wine and…
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Wine in History: Unfinished wine
Stuart Walton explores the long European tradition of drinking unfinished wine shortly after harvest—a practice rich in cultural significance. At…
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Wine in history: The afterlife
Throughout human history, wine and other libations have been central to ceremonies and rituals marking the passage from this world…
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Wine in history: Heavy drinking in Late Georgian England
Stuart Walton examines the culture of alcoholic excess in Late Georgian England, when heavy drinking was considered a manly British…
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Wine in History: Another cup of aphrodisiac
Stuart Walton casts an historical eye over wine’s use as an aphrodisiac, from the Greek symposium to the findings of…
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